Japan’s much-lauded four seasons aren’t felt as much in Tokyo as they are in the full, rural vistas of Yamagata Prefecture.

The town has seen a record number of tourists in recent years - but now it's capping the number of people who can visit ...

The town has been recently experiencing issues with overcrowding, altercations at popular photo spots, and verbal abuse ...

Ginzan Onsen, a 300-year-old hot spring town in Japan, was in part the inspiration for Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away - but ...

It’s a 300-year-old onsen town in Japan ’s mountainous Yamagata region, lined with traditional inns and Edo-period wooden ...

The town of Ginzan Onsen in Japan, thought to be the inspiration behind the iconic film 'Spirited Away', is tackling the ...

Yamagata Prefecture, some 300 kilometers north of Tokyo, is a mountainous region. Around 70% of its land covered by forests and to this day it boasts a long tradition of using that wood in its ...

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